Bible Strands
Nehemiah 6:8
Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Nehemiah writes to the messenger of his opponents during the final stages of Jerusalem’s wall reconstruction, directly addressing their coordinated campaign to discredit him.
The words — The Hebrew לֹא (lo') means "not" and נִהְיָה (nih.Yah) means "it has occurred," forming the literal denial that the reported events actually took place.
The thread — This rejection of fabricated reports parallels the biblical condemnation of deceitful speech found in Psalms 52:2, Job 13:4, and Psalms 36:3.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to distinguish between genuine divine direction and human attempts to manufacture fear, demanding a clear-eyed refusal to entertain unverified claims.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Cross-references
- Psalms 52:2 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Job 13:4 You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
- Psalms 36:3 The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
- Psalms 38:12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
- Isaiah 59:4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
- Daniel 11:27 And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.
- Matthew 12:34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
- John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
- Acts 24:12 Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
- Acts 25:7 When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.